The whole point of his demo was that you get more focused and perform better as it becomes a high stakes situation. Do you agree with this? Because your recommendation kills that point.

You get more focused yes, and generally will perform better or fail harder. Hopefully as you train you will tend towards the former. I agree, no resistance in the video although still quite a bit of danger, I believe an expert can tell if the rounds are live, due to the discharge and flash(?). Training with airsoft you can increase the intensity and resistance without going nutz on the danger - I would compare a decent gas powered bb to getting hit with sparring gloves, well different type of pain but the idea is to feel it without getting seriously hurt. I hear that metal bb's can penetrate the skin but not seen that first hand. ALWAYS ALWAYS do that training in an enclosed space where everyone is wearing decent eye protection, and if there are widows - shut the curtains so no one calls the police... on that note, carry the gun in a locked boot/trunk of your car with a signed letter from your trainer explaining why u are carrying it.

So basically I think it safe to conclude that you don't know anything about the video, and you don't know anything about handling firearms safely.

Do you actually know anything about Systema or are you just parroting bits and pieces you've seen in youtube comments?

I don't work with firearms professionally but have shot rifles and shotguns a fair bit. Handguns were out lawed in the uk because of dunblane just as I got into shooting so not used them. Defo not an expert tho.
As for systema I hold a leather belt in trouser retention, but if any experienced systema practitioners want to comment on my posts I welcome the input. I'm starting MMA and bjj soon so hope to get to a uk throwdown at some point... 6 months or so?

If you are going to whine about how the mean grown-ups pick on poor widdle you and Systema for compliant training & demonstrations but never say a word about all of the other martial arts that use compliant training, YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO DO IT ON A WEBSITE THAT HAS BEEN RIPPING ALL THE COMPLIANT-TRAINING MAs TO SHREDS SINCE ITS INCEPTION, you half-witted, mouth-breathing dumbshit.

Try looking at any of the threads discussing Aikido, for a start. In fact, since you like to tell people to read a book (as though most of the members here haven't read more on the martial arts than you have read altogether), how about you read a couple hundred threads here before you post again, so that you see why you should drop the attitude and so that you stop saying things that make your ignorance so spectacularly evident.

I think you misunderstand what he's arguing there. He's not saying that there are other compliant arts so give systema a break. He's saying that systema, unlike other arts, IS NOT a compliant art so its not fair to compare it to one. In a sense, he's right: most of systema's drills are not by-rote techniques like kempo or aikido, where one guy attacks and one guy defends in a totally predetermined way. Systema drills are like sparring matches with weird rules. So, I sort of agree with him on that. The problem is that he's mixing up "choreographed" and "compliant". Systema is an art that is both unchoreographed and compliant- even though you aren't following a prearranged script, you're moving slowly and contorting your body flacidly when struck or grappled to avoid tension. Its a weird bag of stuff.